Opinion

When the World Is Led by a Child

When the World Is Led by a Child

MAY 16, 2017

At certain times Donald Trump has seemed like a budding authoritarian, a corrupt Nixon, a rabble-rousing populist or a big business corporatist....

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May 15, 1943, a date to be remembered

MAY 15, 2017

In the wake of the defeat of the Italian fascist regime, the Somalis were unexpectedly ushered into a new era of political consciousness as they had n...

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President Farmajo between “Qaybo” and Reform

MAY 11, 2017

Historians talk about Marx and Marxism as if relegated to the ash heap of history and those who still hold Marxist views are treated as perverse....

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Somalia International London Conference: A Great Recognition To The Contribution Of The Diaspora

MAY 09, 2017

On May 11, Somalia will be marking one of the most important milestones in the history of the country since the efforts to reconstruct the country beg...

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Securing progress in Somalia

MAY 09, 2017

It’s never a good sign when the recommended mode of transport through a national capital is by armoured convoy. As I bumped along the streets of Mog...

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London Predatory Carnival On Somalia

MAY 09, 2017

I cannot think of any Somali national issue that was debated in the public domain as vigorously, and as intelligently, as the London Conference on Som...

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2017 London Conference on Somalia: Context and Scope

MAY 02, 2017

A Kleptocratic government - a government whose leaders make themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people –monopolized the So...

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Haddii Jidku kaa khaldamo!!!

APR 29, 2017

Kitaabka Qur’aanka waxaa Ilaahey usoo dejiyay in aadamiga aan jidka noloshu ka khaldamin, wuxuuna na siinayaa tilmaamo iyo tusaalooyin lagu hago nol...

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Africa has vast agricultural potential – so why are we due to import $110b worth of food annually by 2025?

APR 27, 2017

The African continent has the potential to feed itself and even have surplus food to export to other parts of the world. But instead, the continent im...

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Somaliland: Exhausted Consensus? North/South Divide? Opportunity for Meaningful Dialogue

APR 23, 2017

Having returned from Hargeisa three months ago I found resilient, tolerant and striving society with a common courtesy and humour we are commonly know...

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